Meet the Author: Cecil Foster

Journalist and author, Cecil Foster joins us to discuss his latest book, “Independence,” a story about a boy and a country coming of age, set in Barbados’ as it gains its independence from Britain.

Fourteen-year-old Christopher Lucas and Stephanie King have been neighbours and best friends since they were born a few months apart. They have been raised by their impoverished grandmothers after their mothers went “over ’n’ away” to the United States and Canada to find work when the children were toddlers; no one has heard from the mothers since. The grandmothers are growing more and more desperate about their ability to support their charges. Rich with the details of Bajan culture—from food preparation to political and financial affairs, from sexuality to spirituality—Independence is a fascinating window onto a little-known world and a touching portrait of a journey to adulthood and the women who guide it (www.cecilfoster.ca).